The Power of God to Restore

Good morning everyone,

Our theme for this month: “God’s power in you and for you”

Our Bible verse for today: “See, the former things have taken place, and new things I declare.” Isaiah 42:9 (NIV)

Our thought for today: “The power of God to restore”

In recent days we have considered the power of God to create, and the power of God to protect, as well as the power of God to raise Jesus (and us) from the dead. This morning, I want us to think about the power of God to restore.

I suspect there is no greater yearning for the power of God to be applied in our lives than when we are feeling broken in some manner and we’re longing for restoration. Isaiah chapter forty-two is all about the coming Messiah (Jesus) and how He will eventually restore broken Israel (and broken mankind overall) to what we should always have been. In verse 9 God declares that despite the brokenness that has occurred new things, restored things, are coming.

Sometime ago I came across a beautiful expression of this in a devotional message written by author John Eldredge in his book “Restoration Year” and I want to share part of it with you: “When Jesus touched the blind, all the beauty of the world opened before them. When he touched the deaf, they heard laughter. He touched the lame, and they began to dance. And he called the dead back to life and gave them to their families. Wherever humanity was broken, Jesus restored it. These are illustrations of the coming of the kingdom where God restores the world he made.”

Eldredge goes on, “God has been whispering this secret to you through creation itself, every year, at springtime, ever since we left the Garden. After months of winter, I long for the return of summer. sunshine, warmth, color, and the long days of adventure. Isn’t this what we most deeply long for? To leave the winter of the world behind? If you listen, you’ll discover something of tremendous joy and wonder. The restoration of the world played out before you each spring and summer is precisely what God is promising us about our lives. Every miracle Jesus ever did was pointing to this Restoration, the day he makes all things new.”

My friend, whatever it is you are dealing with today, whatever broken place in your life that needs to be healed and restored, please know that the power of God is available to heal and restore and that Jesus longs to do that for you.

Is there some area of your life that needs to be restored? Bring it to God. Cry out to Him for restoration. Is there some area of your life that He has already restored? Spend some time this morning praising Him and thanking Him for it. The power of God to heal and to restore is a very real thing.

God bless,
Pastor Jim

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